The theatrical treatments of two great American novels come alive on North Bay stages with mixed results in productions running through May 19. 6th Street Playhouse is presenting Christopher Sergel’s adaptation (not Aaron Sorkin’s) of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Sergel had an agreement with Lee to produce a theatrical version of her novel…
Most folk’s exposure to Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory came through reading the book or watching the somewhat renamed 1971 Gene Wilder film. “Charlie” purists rejected Tim Burton’s 2005 cinematic take on the tale as too dark and weird. Well folks, you ain’t seen nuthin’ yet. San Francisco’s SHN Golden Gate Theatre is…
My guests on the Thursday, May 2 theatre segment on KSRO’s The Drive with Steve Jaxon were Phoebe Moyer and Paige Picard from the Left Edge Theatre production of This Random World. Click below to listen: **********
Siblings and significant others do battle in two comedies running now on North Bay stages. Healdsburg’s Raven Players take you to rural Pennsylvania where Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike gather at the family homestead. Vanya (Steven David Martin) and Sonia (Diane Bailey) have held down the family fort and taken care of their…
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